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UNION & RECORDER,
MrLLKDGEVILLK, MARCH 9, 188G.
Mr. Cleveland’s Message to the Sen
ate.
This document is four columns in
length in the Chronicle, and as we
cannot with convenience publish it,
we will give its main points. The
Senate, as our readers know, demand
ed of the President the papers con
nected with the removal for cause, of
any officer, and his nomination of a
successor. Mr. Cleveland states that
any official documents, in reference
to these nominations, have been fur
nished in answer to such applications.
But the President makes a difference
between such documents and private
UCIWCVU DUOU 4 .
unofficial papers received by inm or
liis secretaries. The Senate demand-
ed these as veil as official documents,
and these he has refused to 6end to
the Senate. The Senate has no right
to call for fetters or papers of a pri
vate and con
> iue .Jnfidential nature intended
for his us#. He considers such as sent
to him for his convenience, as private
propertx, completely under his con-
' nji
trol and in no sense official papers, or
documents, even if put on tile in any
of tli# cabinet offices. Some of these
private letters are placed there solely
for convenient reference. “It will
not/be denied,” says the President,
“t¥at the President may suspend a
a public officer in the entire absence
c/ant' papers or documents to aid his
official judgment and discretion. And
X am prepared to avow that cases are
not few in which suspensions from of-
lice have depended more upon oral
representations to me by citizens of
known good repute and by members
of the House of Representatives and
Senators of the United States, than
upon any letters and documents pre
sented for my examination.” After
these statements th.e President denies
the right of the Senate to demand
documents or papers of any kind
whatever. A law was passed in 1867,
which made it the duty of the Presi
dent “to jeport to the Senate such
suspensions, with the evidence and
reasons for his action in the case. Two
years later this law was repealed and
the President did not have to give his
reasons for suspension. This law of
18011 repealed the former law and ex-
presslvj permitted suspensions from
office bv the President, and complete
ly abandoned the requirement oblig
ing him to report to the Senate “the
evidences and reason for his actions.”
Thus the last law on the subject
which is the law now, permits sus
pensions by the President “in his dis
cretion", and carefully omits the re
quirement that evidence and reason
for his action in the case “shall be re
ported to the {Senate.”
This is a close home thrust to the
Senatorial brigade, led by Mr. Ed
munds. It is said that Edmunds
winced at the reading of the Presi
dent’s message. Doubtless he trem
bled inwardly, more than outwardly
at the evidence of his ignorance of
the law, or knowing it, at the expos
ure of his attempt to injure the Pres
ident, hoping lie was not aware of
its being on the statute book. It
would be charitable in the Democrats
to attribute his resolutions condemn
ing the President to ignorance of the
law, but to be wounded by his own
petard and laughed at by his own
friends as well as the Democrats, make
a slaughtering expose ! He was the
immaculate leader, and a plain tale
exposes him to ridicule. He may
sneer and revile as before but confi
dence is gone ! A plain tale disrobes
Edmunds! I
Advice to the President.
A special reporter to the Augusta
Chronicle thinks the policy of the
President is injuring the party. He
thinks he ought to send papers and
documents to the Senate in large num
bers and says the 'Senate would soon
become sick of it. Send thousands of
nominees and documents with accom
panying papers. We should like to
see him send thousands of names, but
we think it would be best to withhold
the papers. The President has the
law of congress to sustain him in
withholding the documents. Send
the names, thousands of them, but let
him stand by his rights under the law
This would show the Democrats
that he recognizes their claims. Some
of the Democrats say “if the Presi
dent’s hands are tied that is not the
case with his cabinet officers. Let
them apply the axe at once, and free
ly, to several thousands of Republican
clerks in the departments, who are
spies and informers. Then there will
be a mighty howl that must reach the
President's enemies in the Senate.
Thousands of Sherman's and Ed
mund's allies are subject to removal
and ought to go in retaliation for the
Senate's hostility. Tt is doubtful,
however, if the President will play so
bold a hand. The district officers
have not been changed. Fred Doug
las is in high favor, and the whole city
is indignant at the commissioners' ap
pointment of a school trustee, who is
a fanatic on the subject of mixing the
races.”
In copying this we must express our
sympathy with the views of the wri
ter. Every one of these parties allud
ed to, voted for the republican candi
dates- They did every thing they
could to defeat Mr. Cleveland and his
party, and the President and his sec
retaries are under no obligation to
them. When the Democrats strug
gled through the campaign, they had
no idea of such a result. If they had
known that by the election of Mr.
Cleveland they would have a Deuio-
L 'cratic President with Republican offi-
* cials, is there any doubt that they
would have stood aloof, and let the
Republican candidate succeed? If the
sentiment is not fully recognized, that
to the victors belong the spoils let
that other sentiment prevail that, in
the election of a Democratic Presi
dent, the faithful Democrats who ac
complished it, should participate offi
cially and enjoy the salaries attached
to their positions. {Surely a party
which can cast several, millions of
votes, enough to elect their candidate
for the Presidency—can find honesty,
capability, and fidelity enough to
grace every station under the Gov
ernment at home and abroad. Demo
crats see ingratitude, injustice,- and
party danger, in filling them from the
ranks of the enemy.
The Next Presidency.
It is too soon to be talking about
the next Presidency, matters look a
little mixed with both parties. It will
take a year and a half more to afford
serious grounds for speculations on
th** prospects of parties. We want a
better understanding between .North
ern and Southern Democrats. A
close union between all Democrats in
favor of a moderate and gradual re
duction of the tariff, will go far to in
sure their success. The great masses
of the party favor tariff reduction.
The politicians see it and will favor it.
The silver question will aid the Demo
crats. The Republican leaders gener
ally oppose more silver coinage.
Blair's big education bill, should it
pass, will favor the Democrats more
than the Republicans. A great deal
depends upon the dispensation of the
offices. Mr. Cleveland will see the
necessity of turning more of the Re
publicans out, or stand no chance for
renomination. But it is impossible to
guess now anything with regard to
the chances of parties.
e last issue of the Cartersville
ant contains the valedictory of
md Mrs. W. H. Felton. The edi-
has felt the fatigue—the ride of
. miles to and from the office—
sensibly since her tedious illness
all. Her physician and family
" ’ e. We
e a rest. Hence the change
o the general expressions of good
by the press, our good wishes for
icalth and happiness of Dr. and
Felton in their retirement. The
ant Publishing Company will
nue the publication of the paper.
mas A. Edison, the
passed through Atlan-
n route to his winter
, having just married
daughter, Miss Mina
n, Ohio. He has a
yers, Florida, costing
is another home at
New York, costing
lison is about 39 years
need his business ca-
lews boy, printer and
lied chehiistry, and
lents began to run m-
entions, until he has
red inventions.
Atrocious Murder.
Th* most-atrocious murder that <»v
adeevlUe to™*, ni £ e ,aUe ^ from
of fK'coontj!on^r^T
about 35 vears of ago ,nan of
very respectable family, and'havhm a
wife and 3 or 4 children On Fridav
waswalkini^ before, a< he
hu5 brother Elisha
hirtter^T’
daughter. Miss Ella
Humphries and his ^wn Vif^s sister
Miss Came Raines,' four ----- •
ed with masks over their'faces^ wo S
--th shot guns and
them and at-
tacked him. He said lie was knocked
filled with si md, and that loivi^i*
his double barelled gun then shot
both barrels at them ami then became
unconscious. He stated tlmt lmea m
to himself the next morning, near the
same place and then came home, and
dld uot k °ow what had
£ffw i«^L the l VOmen - wrote a
note 10 kis brother
Jehu who lived a mile off, stating in
substance the above story, upon*
^ latter went immediately
de8cn bed and soon found
the dead bodies of the young ladies
, tlart y >™<ls from the road,
been shot about the neck
and head and the throats of one or
both were also cut. Blood on the
£' ouad aad °th«r signs showed that
they had been lulled at the road and
tlieir bodies dragged to the place
where they were found in the woods.
It is proper to state, that Hum
phnes had gone to his brother Eli
sha s house and asked his sister-in-
law, Miss Rains, to go home with him
to stay with his wife, who was sick.
She refused to go, unless Miss Ella
Humphries would go also, as she said
Frank was under the influence of
drink.
The news was brougnt to Milledge-
ville by a negro man about 12 o’clock
i '"twi Coroner Scott
and ShenfT Ennis immediate started
uO the scene of the murder, and eight
or ten of our citizens accompanied or
soon followed them. After night had
fallen, the party returred, and we
learned that the inquest that was
held, resulted in a verdict that the
crime was committed by Frank Hum
phries and that it was a case of mur
der. Colored men who were plough
ing not far off, testified that they saw
Humphries and two ladies walking
along the road and soon after heard
two reports of a gun in quick succes
sion. A pool of blood was found in
the road with the sand raked over it
and also it was seen that an attempt
had been made to obliterate foot
prints. It was known that Humph
ries had been drinking and when he
got home he had a bottle with a little
wh’akey remaining in it. The sheriff
brought Humphries with him and
committed him to jail.
The excitement was intense in our
community, and whisperings of lynch
ing the accused were heard here and
there, but we have been spared that
disgrace to our county so far and it is
to be hoped that wiser counsels will
prevail and that the law of the land
will be allowed to deal out justice to
the guilty.
Writing at a later date, we add to
the above that our efficient Sheriff
having good reason to fear that the
bitter feeling against Humphries might
culminate in an attempt to take him
from the jail and lynch him, carried
him out, on Saturday night, to the
house of Mr. Harrison Barnes, a few
miles from Millsdgevii’e, where lie
was strongly guarded all night. On
Sunday he brought him back and put
ting him on the afternoon train, car
ried him to Macon and lodged him in
the jail in that city. The Macon Tel
egraph of Monday contained an in
terview of a reporter of that paper
with the accused, which we subjoin,
as follows:
Thirty minutes after Humphries
was lodged in jail last night the repor
ter interviewed him. He was found
in the upper corridor in the rear part
of the jail. The place was dismally
dark, there being no light except
that of a small lamp carried by Jailer
Birdsong.
Humphries is a tall man, with rath
er a thin face. About his nose and
mouth he bore evidences of being a
heavy drinker. He was dressed in an
ordinary suit of clothes, and wore a
black felt hat, which entirely covered
his forehead. He did not appear to
be disturbed on account of his condi
tion, but in conversation he frowned,
and nervously moved his hands about.
“This is Mr. Humphries?” inquired
the reported.
“Yes, sir; Humphries is my name.
“Will you make a statement con
cerning the murder of Miss Rains and
Miss Humphries?”
“I have nothing more to say than 1
said to the coroner’s jury.’
“Do you know why you were arrest
ed?”
“Yes. sir; the people think that I
murdered the two ladies.
“Where did you spend the night ot
the murders?”
“I hardly know. I was unconscious.
I suppose I spent most of it right hx
the bodies.” .
“Did you not spend it at the house
of a negro named Benford.'
“No, I didn’t. I don’t know any
thing about Benford.
“Did you try to conceal the clothes
you wore the night of the murders?
“I don't know anything about
them.
“Were vour clothes bloody?
“I don't know. I suppose •they
were.”
“You claim that you were struck on
the head by four masked men where
is the wound?’’ , ,
“I was not wounded. The blow
6tunned me. Here's the place.
Humphries took off his hat. and
bending down, pointed to the right
side of his head. There were no signs
of a blow. .
Continuing the interview, the re
porter asked: , . , .
“Are you in the habit of drinking;
“Yes, sir. For about nine years 1
ha ve swallowed a pint of liquor ev er\
day.'
Were you drunk the night of the
murders? - ’ „ , , , T
“I had taken four or five drinks. 1
will say this: that if I murdered the
two ladies, I was unconscious when I
did it.”
“How old were the ladies? ’
“Miss Rains was forty, and Miss
Humphries was thirty-three.’
“How old are you ?"
“I am thirty.”
“Do you know why you were
brought to Macon?”
“Yes, sir, Capt. Ennis was afraid
that the people would kill me.”
“Do you feel safer here?”
“I don't know that I do. A man
can die but once; and, if I die tonight,
I shall die with a clear conscience. 1
did not murder the ladies, and i don't
know why people think that 1 did.”
“How about that note to E. J.
Humphries, your brother—did you
write it?”
“Yes.”
“Did you sign your name?'’
“I don’t think I did.”
“Have you a family?”
“Yes ; I have a wife and three chil
dren.”
“Do you think that you will be con
victed when you are tried?”
“I don't know anything about it. 1
can’t see that it will make much dif
ference.”
At this point Humphries declared
that he had nothing more to say.
English and Irish Affairs.—
The latest news is that an effort will
be made by the Tories to defeat M r.
Gladstone's estimates for the civil ser
vice. Already much stronger than
the Tories, the Liberals will have the
aid of the whole Parnellite force and
this will secure to Gladstone all that
he wants. Mr. Gladstone says he is
entitled to three months for the pre
paration of the Irish measure. He is
proceeding with great caution but he
will stand firmly by Irish Home rule.
Augusta, Ga., March 5.—Fire in
the gas house of the Augusta factory
to-night resulted in only a thousand
dollar loss, but severe personal in
juries and loss of life. A falling wall
buried 9 men, instantly killing Coun
cilman M. E. Hill, the overseer of the
factory, Master Mechanic YV. C. Allen,’
died an hour afterwards, and John
Edwards will die. Others were more
or less seriously injured.
Return of Mr. John F. Armstrong.
We are pleased to notice that Mr.
Armstrong haa safely returned home.
He was met on the road by a Chroni
cle interviewer. “He was royally cared
for in the old country bv sympathetic
friends and ardent admirers.” The
Irish leaders received him cordially,
and listened'with inanifestlons of de
light to his narrative of the anxious
interest, with which political events
involving the welfare of Ireland are
being watched in the Sunny South
land. and to liis assurances of contin
ued moral and financial support from
I rish Americans.
At a late hour and restricted in
space, we can only make brief men
tion of his short stay in the old coun
try. He saw and conferred with Mr.
Parnell in whom he places implicit
confidence. He said Mr. Parnell is in
fine spirits and thinks the very con
struction of the Gladstone Govern
ment is almost a guarantee of Home
Rule under the present government.
Mr. Gladstone is in favor of granting
home government, and so is Mr. Mor-
ley. He is known to be in favor of re
storing the Parliament of Dublin and
granting to Ireland all the rights "now
secured to Canada. Mr. Armstrong
says, “Home Rule is a certainty for
Ireland and it must soon come.” Mr.
Armstrong does not think the Glad
stone government will go to pieces on
the home rule question, but home
rule, in some shape, will be granted
under the present government. He
says Mr. Parnell would be satisfied to
appeal to the people. While he was
still being interviewed the cars reach
ed the depot and Mr. Armstrong ex
claimed : “But here is the Union de
pot—welcome sight! Excuse me for
the present please. Home again.”
HeJ was taken charge of by a host of
relatives and friends who crowded
around him to welcome him home
and hear glad tidings of Erin. He is
looking hale and hearty and his pres
ence will be welcomed on our streets
by hundreds to-day.
From all this we "infer that Ireland
will not hereafter be noted for her de
serted villages, blighted manufacto
ries, shipless harbors, dispirited peas
antry, and above all, never again will
a bloodthirsty Cromwell visit Ireland
to fire the castle with the embers of
the church, and quench the altar’s
flame in the blood of its adorers.
Long live Ireland, self-ruling and hap-
py!
It is stated that Major Barnes will
write out the speech which he deliver
ed before the River and Harbor com
mittee. It was deemed an admirable
speech and it was well received by
the committee. Its publication will
place his facts and arguments in a
shape for general effect upon both
Houses, and will add votes and
strength to the measures suggested
however favorable the report of the
committee. The major is particular
ly politic and happy in his methods
to carry a point. This secures a
courteous feeling on the part of his
hearers, and leads to a sympathetic
complacence which ends in success.
We look with almost absolute certain
ty for the Major's securing the desired
appropriations.
OLD DAYS IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
From the Atlanta (Ca.,) Constitution.
“Captain,” I asked, “where was
the principal hotel in the good old
days of Milledgeville’s reign as queen
city of the South?”
"Yonder it is,” said he, pointing to
a large two-story wooden building on
the opposite corner from the Oconee
House. “There is where those choice
spirits,the great majority of whom have
passed into tlie great beyond, used to
congregate after the labor and toils of
the day were over. After the heated
debate and the confusion of the argu
ment were over, and Senators and Re
presentatives mingled together and
laugh and jest went merrily around.
Up in that corner room in t&e second
story they gathered to discuss current
topics, exchange gossipy comments
and rehearse the latest puns. The
safety-valves were thrown open, and
those burdened souls enjoyed that
freedom of intercourse which was so
sweet to men of their mould. There
Alex Stephens used to get off his
sharpest sayings, and the nobFe Ben
Hill exhibited a display of wit that
sparkled like good old wine. There
the haughty and imperious Toombs
was at his best, as the flash of his eye
bespoke the ready repartee and ready
rejoinder. Herschel V. Johnson,
Gov. Towns and Gov. Jenkins, and
all the others were there.
“Ah, me! Cold is the heart of a
Georgian that will not warm at the
mention of such scenes. It was the
glory and grandeur of the old regime
ere men became sc tenderly suscepti
ble to the influence of the almighty
dollar. But “Icliabod” is written on
the walls of the old building now,
and nothing is left but the phantoms
of the past that still lurk in the dusty
corners of the rambling old building. ’
DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT!
Prom the Irwinton Southerner and Appeal.
the safety to person and property in
H ” ■” the falsity
Fortune Favors A Poor Woman.
rears of age and a widow. My place
~ i. I
of nativity is Monroe, La. I came
here to live about fiveyearsago, since
when, 1 have been earning my living
by cooking and washing. On Wed
nesday, Feb. 3, my attention was at
tracted to a ticket in the monthly
drawing hearing the .numbers 67,705.
The combination pleased me, and
concluding to try my luck on it, made
purchase of one-fifth of the ticket, for
which 1 paid the sum of $1. This
morning, Feb. 10, I called at the of
fice of the company to learn the result
i, and
her heart and plainly depicted in her
face. The fortune all
honest face, rne iortune all cornea
to her and for her own use, as she has
no children living and is alone in the
world.—New Orleans (La.) Picayune,
Feb. 13.
With bright eyes and elastic step,
yet gray, lusterless hair. It is unnat
ural, needless. Parker’s Hair Balsam
will restore the black or brown pre
maturely lost, cleanse from all dand
ruff. and ston its falling. Don’t sur
render your linir without an effort to
save it. 04 lui.
The Blair Educational Bill.
“I want you to publish," said one
of our most prominent citizens of this
county to us the other day, “the
facts in relation to whether or not,
prohibition has benefited our county.
The anti-prohibitionists of Baldwin
county are claiming that we are not
benefi'tted, and that more whiskey is
sold in our county now, than ever
before, and that there is more crime
committed. Mr. Editor, such asser
tions are totally without foundation;
any one who knew anything about
our county in the past, when a hun
dred little doggeries all over the coun
ty were in full blast, and homioides,
assaults, and- crimes of every grade
were an every day occurrence will
now note our j>eace'ful condition and
our section, will readily see the falsity
of such assertions. I was in Gordon
the other day and could’nt help con
trasting its condition now, and when
whiskey was sold there. It is a qniet,
orderly little town, despite the fact
that Milledgeville and Macon whiskey
is so accessible. So it is with all of
our little villages, aud you oan just
say that the jug business is dying out.
Our people are getting to be an in
dustrious sober population. I know
that some violations of our law are
committed, but not one hundreth part
of as much whiskey is drank here as
there was before.
Annie Smith, colored, cook and
washer, residing at 113 Liberty street,
was the luckv holder of one-fifth of
the ticket in The Louisiana State
Lottery which drew the first capital
prize of §75,000 on Tuesday, Feb. 9.
She was seen at the office of the com
pany yesterday noon, and gave the
following facts in relation to the good
fortune which has befallen her. In a
ouiet way, devoid of the least excite
ment, she said, in substance:
•M v name is Annie Smith. I am 40
of my venture, and to my great aston
ishment and delight, was told that I
had won $15,000." Hereupon th* for
tunate woman exhibited the winning
ticket t*. the reporter, and said: ‘Bir
that is all what 1 know to sav, except
to express my most fervent thanks for
the blessing that has come upon me.”
She was congratulated by the re
porter and by everyone in the office,
and advised to take good care of her
money. She received a check for the
amount on the New Orleans National
Bank, and dej)arted as peacefully as
she came, but with gratitude busy at
_ Wc object to it in part because
there is no constitutional warrant to
sustain it. Bar the constitution is
like apiece of India rubber, or rather.
ha*'J>eeu mad* so by a great deal of
sketching. We see already that a
good many southerners favor the bill
and take it as some people take medi
cine because it is sugar coated. They
mav take this bill because it is heavi-
Iv plated with gold. The South's part
would be about fifty millions. <>ur
section lost bv the war at least three
btfflon# of dollars, ami fifty millions
of dollars would save a great expendi
ture of money in educating the vhites
and blacks. For educational purpos
es the sonth would have to expend
manv millions. Of these many' mil
lions the whites would be burdened
with furnishing at least ten times as
mnch as the blacks. We afftaU this
money would be a great relief. The
offer is a temptation. It may be pass
ed, but if our vote could settle it the
offer would be rejected.
Can't be Fooled.
Tlie adversaries of prohibition have
become wonderfully sensitive to ap
pearances and oppressed with a sense
of delicacy, lest the pure and noble
women of Baldwin may compromit
themselves by’ participating in the
prohibition demonstrations every Sat
urday. Well, this looks very’ fair on
the surface, but mayn't there be “a
cat in the meal tub?" Yon know
Milton says, “Satan sat squat like a
a toad” and whispered falsehood into
the ear of sleeping Eve. “Home is the
place for women," say they. Yes,
when devoted husband and happy
children compensate daily toil. But
when a great evil raises its head in
her Eden, it is time for Eve to assert
her “rights,” her “liberties. ’ This
kind of talk failed to have any effect
last Saturday, and will doubtless fail
again. The large and zealous pro
cessions of our fair country women,
are calculated to discourage our op
ponents. That is very natural, for
their instincts as well as. tlieir reason,
lead them to take the right course in
all matters affecting the morals of the
community.
Godfather Cleveland.
Detroit, Feb. 27.—A novel event
occurred at the German Lutheran
church yesterday afternoon. The
President of the United States stood
sponsor, by proxy, for the child of one
of the humblest families of the congre
gation. The occasion was tlie out
growth of the wish of Carl Dettloff to.
observe an old German custom, that
of doing special honor to the twelfth
successive male offspring in the same
farnilv. The church was packed.
The President's representative was
Congressman Maybury, duly appoint
ed bv letter from the YVhite House.
Mr. Dettloff and the christening par
ty were much in earnest, but by T out
siders the affair was humorously re
garded. A sermon in German was
preached by the Rev. Emil Darknorth
in which he said it was a glorious
thing to live in a country where tlie
President did not feel above standing
sponsor to the child of a poor man.
Then the clergyman asked: “Grover
Cleveland, do you renounce the devil
and all his works?" “Y'ali,” said Con
gressman Mayhurv, in poor German.
Th
'he Congressman slipped a gold ea-
th ' - -
gle into the outstretched hand of the
babe, and took the 1 o’clock train for
Washington.
Senator Colquitt in Boston.
Washington, March 5.—Senator
Colquitt has returned here from a
hasty trip to Boston, where he deliv
ered one of liis ornate temperance
speeches. To say that he was receiv
ed with enthusiasm would be putting
it mild. He had an ovation. Senator
Colquitt’s name is freely suggested as
a good one for the second place on
the next Democratic Presidential
ticket. His well known advocacy of
the cause of temperance has made him
wonderfully popular with a large ele
ment in all the States, and from all
sections of the country. East and
West, invitations are reaching him
from individuals and societies and
churches to address the people. Of
course he is unable to comply with
all these demands, and his secretary is
kept busy xvith this class of corres
pondence. The times are pregnant
with change. A gigantic moral wave
appears to be sweeping over the
land, and it may be that Georgia,
through the medium of this great
movement of reform which has taken
such sensible root in her soil, will he
called upon to suply a name for a
Presidential ticket in 1888. Who can
foretell ?
PASSAGE 01’ THE EDUCATION AL BILL.
Washington, March 5.—Special
to the Augusta Chronicle.] The pas
sage of the Blair bill by a large ma
jority in the Senate is a great triumph
of the New Hampshire Senator, who
never relaxed his hold. A heavy load
haa been removed from his mind.
The House will go into sectional
ims over it, but it is likely to pass
body unless defeated by dilatory
legislation. J. R. R.
The President lias nominated Jas.
C. Mathews to be Recorder of Deeds
in the District of Columbia, vice Fred
erick Douglas resigned. Mathews is
a well known colored lawyer, a grad
uate of Albany Law School. He has
been admitted to the Bar of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court. It is said
he has been successful in the practice
of his profession, and has labored
zealously and effectively for the Dem
ocratic cause in State and National
campaigns since IS 72.
A friend who has recently visited
Wilcox county, which has been a pro
hibition county for several years past,
states that many men who opposed
the prohibition cause are now entire
ly reconciled and say it is much bet
ter for the community. There are
evidences of marked improvement in
various aspects, and especially in the
matter of schools. An effort, which is
expected to be successful, is being
made to establish a college in Abbe
ville.
Some errors crept into the report of
an interview with Frank Humphries,
in the Macon jail, as it appears in the
Telegraph. The statement that Tur
ner Benford had been arrested and
committed to jail is entirely erroneous.
The statement that Capt. Ennis told
Mrs. Frank Humphries that if she
did not produce the clothes which he
had worn on tlie night of the murder,
he would carry her to jail, is another
mistake. Capt. Ennis requests us to
say he never saw either the mother or
wife of the accused, when he was
searching for the clothes in question :
and furthermore, that he never ad
dressed a lady in such language in his
life.
The rumor mentioned as prevailing
in Macon on Sunday that “a mob of
twenty men went to the jail Saturday
night for the purpose of lynching
Humphries” is also a mistake.
Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—Bishop
Beckwith to-dav rendered his decision
in the case of Rev. J. G. Armstrong,
rector of St. Phillip's Episcopal
church, of this city, whose trial on
the charge of immoral conduct in
Cincinnati was concluded a few weeks
ago. The Bishop ratifies tlie finding
of the ecclesiastical court, and senten
ces Dr. Armstrong to five years sus
pension from the pulpit. The report
of the Bishop has created great dis
cussion in the city, and 'crimination
and recrimination is being indulged
in by the Episcopalians to-night.
Miss Adelia Lofton of Valdosta, re
cently retired to her room for the
night and on making a light in the
fire-place found a large negro under
her bed. He threw up his arms and
ducked head as he rushed out of
the room, so that he could not rec
ognize him. This is some encourage
ment to those ladies who, after look
ing under the bed for many years,
never met with the success achieved
by Mies Lofton.
L. R. Cason, one of Toomsboro's
best merchants, shipped last month
over $150 worth of eggs. Hen fruit in
that locality is more than abundant.
Wednesday, N. B. Rawls, of Irwinton,
shipped 400 dozen, for which he receiv
ed $30.
Griffin has a new industry. It is a
picket wire fence factory, and is loca
ted at the Beeks’ gin shop.
Among our Exchanges.
Mr. Krastus Kirtland died suddenly
at his residence in Macon last Satur
day night.
The female college at West Point,
Ga., was destroyed by fire last Fri
day night.
Mrs. Worrell, widow of the late J udge
E. H. Worrell, of Talbotton, died last
Saturday.
There areseven steamboats running
on the river between Hawkinsville
and Darien.
The days and nights will be of
equal lengths on the 21st inst., and
then the ground will begin to warm
up.
Judge Lawson held court in Madi
son last week. This week he will go
to Greene, and next Monday he will
open court in Eatonton.
An epidemic of meningitis prevails
among the U. S. prisoners in the At
lanta jail. Fifty or more have been
sent to Marietta and other railroad
towns.
We learn that the people of Pulaski
county are taking the result of the
recent prohibition election in Pulaski,
(resulting in the success of prohibi
tion) with great equanimity.
Milledgeville is going to make an
effort to get a branch road from the
Macon and Covington. A delegation
of citizens will probably interview
Colonel Livingstone 'regarding this
matter.—Macon News.
Unless one is bitten upon some un
covered portion of the person hydro-
... . ... tne ‘ "
phobia rarely follows the bite. The
passage of the teeth through the
clothing wipes the virus from the
teeth before they reach the flesh.
Dr. J. B. Ficklin is dead. He was
esteemed as a good physician, and an
estimable citizen. He practiced medi
cine a long time in Washington, Ga.,
and had the confidence of the citizens
as a good physician and a good man.
The Macon Volunteers opened their
great fair on Monday, March 1st.
The object of the fair is to raise funds
for completing the interior of their
armory and to meet obligations al
ready incurred in connection with
improvements made.
A New Councilman.—Major Geo.
W. Crane was elected on the 2nd inst,
a councilman for the second ward in
Augusta, to the seat made vacant by
the resignation of Mr. James Tobin.
He had no opposition and being a
■ 1, his elec-
clear-lieaded business man
tion gave general satisfaction.
There is a man in Macon who is con
sidering the advisability of building a
bridge across the Ocmulgeeat the foot
of Second Street, and of buying up
the property on the East Macon side.
Should he decide to carry out his
half-formed plans, he will reap a rich
harvest.
A Standard Railroad Tariff-
Repeal of the Lien Law.—Jackson,
Miss.. March 2.—The railroad commis
sion, which has been in session since
June 26. adjourned to-day until Mon
day, having completed a standard tar
iff. The tariff will be submitted to all
the roads before being finally adopt
ed.
The agricultural lien law has been
repealed by the Legislature. Its ob
jectionable feature was that it author
ized the mortgaging of unplanted or
growing crops. The law was made in
1870. To it is attributed the present
poor financial condition of the farm
ers generally, who have had to mort
gage their crops in order to obtain
supplies, paying heavy premiums.
How Good Men Love a Good Cause.
We don't know that it will be any
more difficult to carry Baldwin coun
ty for prohibition than it was to
carry Pulaski, but the good citizens
of Milledgeville are getting down to
the work in a vary earnest manner,
' th ' * * ’ "
and are opening their pocket books
iem<
cheerfully. Nine gentlemen contri
buted to the cause of prohibition in
Baldwin county six hundred dollars,
which is more than was used in Haw-
kinsville in the cause. But the ladies
and the preachers of Hawkinsville
and Pulaski county won the victory.
Thev were prompted by their love of
humanity and Christianity. The
election takes place in Baldwin on the
22nd of this month, and the whites
and the colored people have joined
hands in the contest.—Hawkinsville
Dispatch.
Armory Baldwin Bines, March
1st, 18S6.
Whereas, death has invaded our
ranks and taken from our number our
faithful and well-beloved brother,
Serg’t. C. N. Haygood. We deplore
as brothers this sad calamity. To say
that he loved the old Company, would
weakly express his fidelity to it, being
ever ready at the meeting, the drill
and all other duties that were demand
ed of us. But now he sleeps that
sleep that knows no waking in the
Bivouac of the dead.
Therefore, Be it Resolved, That we
as brother comrades, while we de
plore his death, we meekly submit
to the will of Him who controls all
things.
Resolved, That we hereby tender
to the afflicted family of our deceased
brother, our sincere and heartfelt
sympathy in this, their sore affliction,
and may He who quieted the troub
led waters, send peace and consola
tion to their sorrowing hearts.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the Com
pany and be furnished to each city
paper for publication, and a copy
sent to the family of the deceased
brother.
f Capt. G. W. Carakkr,
Lieut. J. J. Wootten,
■{ Serg’t Lee .Hbrnand kz,
Priv’t. R. M. Vaughan,
Committee.
I
** What’s the matter Si? ” you are not
looking well. “ O nothing only a slight
cold.” In two days after the above con
versation “Si” w:is very sick with pneu
monia. I lad ho at first taken a dose of
SMITH'S BILE BEANS (1 bean) he
.would have been suroly cured without
harm. A cold is congestion; BILE
IANS will relievo a cold quicker
LIST OF ADVERTISED LETTERS
Adkins, Hattie
Alston, Edwin,
Braxton, Vina
Brown, Jane
Bland, A. P.
Clayton, Jane
Cook, J. T.
Day, Ed.
Fenn, W. R.
Flewellen, Lucin
day.
Gailey, P. I*.
Holloway, Danel
Hall, Barah
Harris, Mack
Jackson, Off
King, Ned Rev.
Capital Prize. $150,000.
‘•W« do herein certify the
arrangements for _nll the
rim
^TrSs of The tonlTlSa State iTotte
£ Company and in person manage and control
the Drawings themseirea, and that the same are
conducted with honesty, - *? h d 0 i“ e g
faith toward all partles and we authome tlie
('nrnn^nT to nsc this ccrtlflcttc, with fac-simiiee
of onr signatures attached, in Its advertise
ments/*
BE.
than any other remedy, ar ! t relieves the
congested part at once. For sale by all
medicine d< alt is. Price, 25c. per bottle.
February 22d, 1886. [33 lm
Remaining in the Post-Office at Mil.
ledgeville, Baldwin county, Ga., March
6tli, 1886. If not called for within 30
days, they will be sent to the Ulead
Letter office. - ,
Lester, Emma
Owens, 8. G.
Pretchard, James
Robinson, Peggie
Rice, Louis,
Smart, H. P.
Stanley, J.
Simpson, E. J.
Wright, Dover
Mrs.
Webster, Levi
Washington, Lu
cinda
Wilson, Sarahann
Watehouse, Wm.
E.
CanmiMionen.
We the undersigned B*nks *nd will
nav all Prizes drawn In the Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at onr coun
ters.
J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat’i Bk.
S. H. KENNEDY, Free, state NaflJBank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat l Bk.
us*So'« T ul !
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
. A .a»ad u.isfnr Qa VAira hv the
Incorporated lu i»68 for tt yeara by the Legls
lature for Educational and Charitable purposes
—with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a re
serve fund of over gs&o.ooo has since been added.
lsy an overwhelming popular vote lu franchise
was made a part of the present State Constitu
tion adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879.
It- Grand Single Number Drawings will
take place monthly. It never scales or post
pones. Look at the following Distribution:
190th Grand Monthly
Office Hours.—General delivery
window will be open from 9 a. m., un
til 5 P. M. Money Order window will
be open from 9 A. M. to 4 P. m.
J. G. Fowler, P. M.
Baldwin Sheriffs Sale.
W ILL be sold, on the first Tnesdav in April,
1888, in front or the Conrt House
dooT. in the city of Milledgeville, during legal
saie hours, the following property,to-wit:
One engine and boiler, complete, levied on as
the property of Lafayette J. Fraley, to satisfy a
Superior Court n fa Issued from Hancock Snpe-
rior Court in favor of Sain Walker vs. Lafayette
J. Fraley. Defendants notified In person. Lew
made February the l*th, 1886.
Also at the same time and place, one slde-har
Imggv and harness, levied on as the property of
Martin Crittenden to sattsfr a mortgage fl fa In
favor of Henry Harrison va. Martin Crittenden.
Defendant notified in person, Febraaay the isth,
1886.
Also at the same time and place, all that tract
„r parce'of land lying la the mth District. O.
it . containing eighty-three acres, more or less
bounded north by land of L. N. Callaway, east by
X. N. Willis, south by D. B. Sanford, west by
John Jenkins. Levied on as tlie property of Mrs.
E. J. Arnold to satisfy her State and County
taxes for the years 18M and 1886. L*yy ma de by
J. J. Simpson, Constable, and returned to me
March the 5tn, 1886.
. c - w - *»>!*. Sheriff.
March 1st, 1886. 34
For Sale.—Pure Plymouth Rock
Eggs for sale from select hens. $1.50
r/itti IKf 1 -l OtWOHi ix. A l.
per setting of 13 eggs. ’* Apply to
35 tfl W. A. <
AND THE
EXTRAORDINARY QUARTERLY DRAWING
In the Academy of Music, New Orleans,
Tuesday, March 1*, 1886.
Under the personal supervision and manage
ment of
Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, of Louisiana and
Gen. JUBAL A. EARLY, of Virginia.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
Notice.—Tickets are Ten Dollars only-
Halves,*5. Fifths,»3. Tenths. *1.
list or raizas.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000. ...$1'.0,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.... 50,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.... 20.000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.... 20,000
4 LARGE PRIZES OF 6,000.... 20,000
20 PRIZES OF 1,000.... 20,000
& 0 “ 500.... 25,000
1C o “ 300 30,000
200 “ 200 40,000
600 “ 100.... 60,000
1,000 “ 50.... 50,000
ArraoxiHATioif fbizbs.
loo Approximation Prizes of $200.... $20,000
100 “ “ 100 10,000
100 “ “ 75.... 7,500
Money Jflakes the Jtfare Go!
—AND—
Money Buys Groceries Cheap !
—AT THE—
GREEN STORE!
Wo buy for Cash and sell tlie same way. If you want your money
to go a long ways, be suro to go to
WHITE & TREANOR'S.
If vour cow is hungrv send to WHITE & TREANOR for Bran. If you
have’nooow, send to them for the finest Butter in the city. Nice Hams,
Shoulders arid white Meat cheap as the cheapest. Lard in 3, 5, 10, 20 and 50
11) Buckets; also in Tierces, at bottom prices. Nothing but water ground
Meal sold at YVHITE &, TREANOR’S. Nice lot smoked Pork Sausage, just
received White Swan Flour th* best ever brought to this city. We also
sell tlie celebrated YVade Hampton Flour. In Fancy Flour, Tube Rose and
Cadet, we will suit you. Extra Family. Odd Trump and Moss Rose are hard to
beat. Coffee from 10c to 85c per lb. Fresh Rice, New Grits. The uicest lot
of Buckwheat in tlie city and Maple Syrup that will make your mouth water.
Chow Chow Pickles, loose, any quantity; also, in bottles. "YVe sell only th.*
best Teas, green and black. Full line Spices and Extracts. Cigars and To
baeco our specialty. Canned Goods, Candy, Crackers and Cheese.
In fact you can get anything nice you may want at the GREEN STORE.
All gooils delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of tlie city.
WHITE & TREANOR,
South Wavne Street, Milledgeville, Ga.
Feb. 9th, 1886.
31 lv.
gxjblajrxhto- otjti
To make room for my Spring Goods, I am soiling my entire
stock at greatly reduced prices. If you want real bargains, call at
once, with tlie cash and you will go homo happy. This is no hum
bug. Come and see and be convinced.
2,279 Prizes, amounting to $622,500
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office of the Company in New Orleans.
For furtheriulormation write clearly, giving
foil address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon
ey Orders or New York Exchange In ordinary
letter. Currency by Express (all sums of $5 and
upwards at our expense.) addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. S. D. WOOTTEN.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 10th, 1886. 8 ly.
The Boom Continues.
To Wholesale Bayers.
Mate P.O.Money Orders payable
and address ReEistered Letters to
Our trade during the last year was double any previous year and
we sold more goods during January, than any other month in our
history. The only reason we can assign for this, is, that we are
selling goods cheap and acting fair with everybody. e open the
new vear with a larger stock, more capital*
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleaus. La.
Feb. 9th, 1888. 31 bt
Supplies for tlie Asylum.
LUNATIC ASYLUM. )
Near Milledgeville, Ga.,
18th February, 1886.)
Lower Prices and Better Facilities,
than ever before. We don’t ask anybody to buy of us, but just
Consult Your Own Interest.
Get our prices, and we will bo satisfied. We promise
goods as cheap as any liolesale Market in Georgia.
to sell you
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
^ceived bv the undersigned, up to tlie
18th of MARCH, 12 o’clock, m., for
furnishing the articles specified be
low.
Samples must be furnished of the
articles bid upon. One-third of the
articles must be delivered 1st April:
one-third 1st May and one-third 25tli
May, and cash will be paid for the
same, one-third 5th May, one-third 5th
June, and one-third 5th July, 1886.
All articles will be re-weighed or
measured.
All car load lots to be delivered at
Midway depot.
LIST OF ARTICLES.
590 bus. Corn.
25.000 lbs. Bran.
25.000 lbs. Bacon sides, amoked.
4,500 “ Hams, medium weight.
4.500 “ Leaf Lard.
300 bbls. Flour.
60 “ Pearl Grits.
850 bus. Meal.
6.000 lbs. Rio Coffee.
7.500 “ Brown Sugar.
2.500 Granulated Sugar.
3.500 “ Butter, ‘not oleomargene.’
850 “ Tobacco.
900 gals. Cuba Molasses, in barrels.
100 “ Syrup. [sets.
1,200 lbs. Adamantine Candles, not
450 11)8. Starch.
12,000 “ Rice.
1.500 lbs. Turpentine Soap, 1 lb bars, i
Our Tobacco Stock,
Is larger than ever before, and we can duplicate any price from
houses in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, or any other Stato.
Try us ami wo will convinco you that this is true.
W. T. CONN & CO.,
Wholesale Grocers.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1880.
2'.) ly
Theo. Markiealter's
STEAM MARBLE & GRANITE YVORKS,
Broad Street, Near Lower Market,
AUGFSTA, GEORGIA.
MARBLE YVORK. Domestic and Imported, at low prices.
Georgia and South Carolina Granite Monuments made a specialty. A large
selection of MARBLE and GRANITE YVORK always on hand, ready for
LETTERING and I)ELIY T ERY. [fret. 27th, 1885. 16 ly
150 gals. Pure Cider Vinegar.
'~ t, fine.
10.000 lbs. Liverpool Salt,
100 !bs. Black Pepper.
1 keg Bi-Carb Soda, 112 lbs.
40 cases Ball Potash, 1 lb. balls.
25 doz. Brooms.
3.000 yds. Cottonades for Pants.
3.000 yds. Sheeting.
4.000 “ Shirting.
3.000 “ Checks.
3.000 yds. Calico, fast colors.
40 doz. pre. Hose.
40 “ “ Half Hose.
15 doz. Hats.
500 Summer Coats.
300 pre. Women’s Shoes.
300 prs. Men’s Shoes.
The right reserved to reject any
and all bids. Bids should be marked
“to furnish supplies,” and addressed
to the undersigned.
L. J. LAMAR.
Steward.
Feb. 23d, 1886. 33 4t
Cook.
—TO-
THE PUBLIC:
I BEG leave to inform my cus
tomers and those trading at
this point that I am now pre
pared to furnish the following
brands of
HIGH
M Fertilizers:
Tobacco by the Plug
—AND—
Tobacco by the Box,
—AT—
L. H. WOOD k C0 T S.
Farmers buying for the year, or for immediate use, should not
fail to examine our stock of Tobaccos. We have a good assort
ment of Patterson & Co’s, goods, made from the best Virginia leaf.
Good 9 inch fives at 40 to 50 cents per pound. “Jersey” 9 inch
fours at 50 cents per pound.
our “CAPTIVE’’ Brand,
In Caddys, 10 lbs. each.
We are also offering special inducements in
Coffee, Sugar and Flour.
We can please small or large purchasers. A cordial invitation
to all, whether buyers or not. Prices sent by mail upon appli
cation.
Try
Yours truly,
L. H. WOOD & CO.,
Waitzfelder Building,
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 16, 1886.
Wayne Street.
3i ly
THE FARQUHAR COTTON PLANTER.
"".Acid Phosphates from Ga.
Cbem,-Works. Acid Phosphates
from Hammond, Hull & Co.
Acid Phosphates from Baldwin
& Co. Imported Kainit Assay
ing from 11 to 12 per cent. Pot
ash. The Celebrated Mastodon
Guano, Port Royal Cotton Fer
tilizer, Baldwin & Co’s., Guano,
Turner’s Ammoniated Dissolved
Bone Guano, (a Compound of
Acid Phosphate, Cotton Seed
Meal and Kainit.) Also a pure
Ammoniated Bone Guano. All
of which will be sold to prompt
paying customers at
LOW FIGURES,
For currency notes, payable Oc
tober 15th, next. Those who do
not pay promptly, need not ap
ply, nor do I propose to lap ac
counts. Call and see me at the
warehouse. Very Respectfully,
HATCH TURNER.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb, 23, ’86. 83 6m
Farmers! Look to Tour Interest
And buy Corn and Cotton seed that
will almost double the average yield.
Extra Prolific Herlong Cotton Seed
and Campbell’s Extra Prolific
Seed Corn have been tested, and
have been proved to be the best seed
in America. Don’t fail to try a large
size package, 25c. For sale at
T. H. KENAN’S
New Drug Store.
Milledgeville, March 2, 1886. 34 Ot
EXCELS ALL OTHERS.
It is simple in construction and can be handled easily by ord “ 1 ?J^
Drops the unrolled seed with perfect regularity ani. in an> i
Never skips. Opens, drops and covers. Send for price.
A. B. FARQUHAR & CO.,
Manufacturers of Machinery and YVholesale Hardware Merchants*
Macon.
Georgia.
February 19th, 1886.
a61y.
Furniture .Repaired.
T HAY T E returned to Milledgeville,
1 after an absence of many years,
and opened a shop under Mrs. Woot-
ten’s store to carry on my trade, and
am prepared to do upholstering,
and repairing furniture. CS"Also un
dertaking. Give me a call.
R. N. ADAMS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan., 9th 1886. [27tf
LANDKETH’S
Seed Potatoes!
EARLY ROSE,
PEERLESS,
GOODRICH,
at the Drug Store of
C. L. CASE.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 23, 1886.
FIVE CENT COLUMN.
EVAPORATEP PEACHES, for making
Tart “lCpling S ami Poacl.aa ami
Hilk. T„-tW H W00DSC0 .
Smoko YVood’s Legal Seal Cigars.
To Rent.—Four room cottage
Jefferson street. Applv to
32 tf.] M. H. McComb.
Two car loads of Texas Rust 1 roof
Oats, just received at
YV. T. Conn & CO s.
OTOVES AT COST FOB THE CASHC —
O As I am about to make consider
able change in “y busmess this e^ar
IfiZ'LZi
room*,
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 13, 86.(31
Onion Sets
At C. L. CASE’S Drug Store. [15 tf
Legalc&P, foolscap, letter and note paper
—pens, pencils and ink, for sal* cheep at
the Uiiien A Recorder office.
CAMPBELL'S ONE SPOON
Baking Powder!